Instrument controlling device and instrument controlling method

An instrument controlling device comprising:

• a storing portion that stores relationally parameter information set for a plurality of instruments selected following user operating instructions from a plurality of instruments that are subject to control, identification information that can identify, as a group, the selected plurality of instruments, and storage date and time information for when the parameter information was stored by the group unit;
• a list displaying portion that displays a list of a plurality of instruments that are subject to control;
• an information extracting portion that extracts, from the parameter information that has been stored by the storing portion, the parameter information for the instruments belonging to the same group as an instrument that is indicated, when there has been an instruction to display history information of the parameter information corresponding to one of the instruments among the plurality of instruments displayed by the list displaying portion;
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• an information providing portion that provides, in a state that can be viewed by the user, the parameter information that has been extracted by the parameter extracting portion.